Networking
Easily change your MAC address in Windows
A MAC address is a series of letters and numbers that identifies your network card on the network, either local or across the Internet. The MAC address is a means to uniquely identify your computer on the network in question, not unlike the IP address – something that is more commonly known and understood. Whereas [...]
Easily change DNS servers with DNS Jumper
Things have been quiet here as of late, mainly due to the holidays, but with the new year under-way it’s time to get back into full swing. A few posts ago I wrote about Google’s attempt to speed up the browsing experience by providing public DNS servers from their vast infrastructure. I detailed how to [...]
Potentially speed up surfing with Google’s public DNS offering
Google unveiled yet another free service today, Google Public DNS, which they hope translates into a faster browsing experience for it’s users. If you aren’t familiar with DNS you may think of it like an Internet phone book. If you know a person’s name, using a phone book you can find out how to contact [...]
Creating a heatmap for wireless signal strength
Wireless networks or WiFi is all around us – it’s become a game changer for most of us. Nearly every home, office, and coffee shop has some form of wireless Internet available. Initially, WiFi was overly complicated to setup, deploy, and secure but nowadays that is of lesser concern. Vendors have automated the installation process [...]
Setting different default printers depending on network in Windows 7
If you keep up on all the latest technology news you are likely aware that Microsoft’s next iteration of Windows is coming in October, Windows 7. Those same journalists will also inform you that Windows 7 is nothing more than a refinement of the release Microsoft would quickly like us all to forget, Vista. In [...]
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